They have one of the worst work/balances in the valley, fratty/kool aid culture, claim to be "making a difference" but really what they actually work on would be a major downside for most normal people. For example, they make targeting software and are very likely responsible for assassinations by the US and when we disappear people. They're also working on big brother tech if that's your thing.
> When intruders from the hacker group Anonymous gained access to thousands of emails stored on the servers of the security firm HB Gary Federal, the emails revealed that Palantir had worked with HB Gary Federal to develop proposals for attacking WikiLeaks’ infrastructure, blackmailing its supporters and identifying donors.
The sex accusations ended up being baseless, and Stanford reversed their ban on Lonsdale entering the campus (and Stanford has a lower evidentiary standard than the courts)
Also, your quote doesn't appear in that article at all any more.
As for the sex accusations, who knows what really happened. Though the article doesn't exactly paint him- edit- either of them- in a flattering light. It does show poor judgement for the dude to get involved with a student he is mentoring. Then again, he also stumped on the campaign trail for Rand Paul of all people and also pals around with Mitt Romney.
Their YouTube channel has 100's of videos that show what they do. The one that blew my mind: GovCon7: Introduction to Palantir: https://youtu.be/f86VKjFSMJE